2018 Grants

Peace and Conflict Resolution/Civil and Human Rights

Shaharit - Creating Common Cause • Purpose: General Operating Support

Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice • Purpose: General Operating Support

T’ruah - The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights •  Purpose: General Operating Support 

Education, Innovation, and Design for Sustainability

Buckminster Fuller Institute • Purpose: Buckminster Fuller Challenge Prize Program

Arts and Media

Carnegie Hall Society • Purpose: Ensemble Connect, for Community and Outreach Programs in NYC Public Schools

Free Arts NYC • Purpose: General Operating Support

JazzReach • Purpose: 2018/2019 Educational Programs

Mark Morris Dance Group • Purpose: Community Engagement Programs in Brownsville Schools and New York City Public Housing

Human Health

Bard College • Purpose: The Bard Prison Initiative, and a Mental Health Coordinator and Taconic Programming.

Riverkeeper • Purpose: Empowering underserved communities to protect drinking water: Hudson River and its tributaries

Scenic Hudson • Purpose: Promoting social justice: urban environmental education with at-risk youth in Newburgh.

Save the Children • Purpose: Save the Children's Emergency Health Unit and its emergency response work.

Special Grants

New Venture Fund • Purpose: Fund for a Safer Future - Advancing Policies to Reduce Gun Violence

Common Cause Education Fund • Purpose: Support the organization's work in redistricting and election protection.

Public Policy and Education Fund • Purpose: New York Civic Engagement Table

Union for Reform Judaism* •  Purpose: Religious Action Center

* This grant also included funds from Peace and Conflict Resolution/Civil and Human Rights.